Redlight was awesome. I liked him in his original form.Then the hivemind thing happened, and I was disappoint.

And now he has a blog.

I just can't imagine any way this could be a good idea. The only redemption I could possibly see would be if the author is simply amazing, and crafts a perfectly believable Redlight, who is able to retain the traits about him we love so much.

Unfortunately, based on the first post (Admitting to doing terrible things and talking about sinning?), I'm getting the impression that optimism might not be the best route.

With only one post on that blog and my relative inexperience with writing, I should not be so quick to judge... But I fear this is gonna suck.

Yeah.... I am judging quickly. Which I really shouldn't do.

But from the moment Redlight started spreading to the other blogs, I knew that someone, at some point, was going to make a blog for him. So I guess my negative response is a result of that dread which has been building in me since that day.

If it's not "White Elephants Approved" then I am very much not a fan of this. If it is, then I could see myself becoming a fan of this, maybe possibly, if I can ever get my suspension of disbelief to stretch past the fact I can't conceive of Redlight making his own blog since he's such an antagonist in my mind.

If it turns into a solidly written account of the cunning and intricate plan the Redlight network has invented to free themselves from Slendy's grasp, all the while tying in with Robert's shenanigans over on White Elephants then it will probably become one of my favorite blogs.

If it doesn't, then you are correct Omega and the shark has been thoroughly jumped.

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From what I've read of it, it doesn't quite sound like redlight. I mean, no matter who was writing him, redlight always had a distinctive voice.

Also, redlight's name is never supposed to be capitalized, and when he signs off, he signs off as "r." I guess what I'm trying to say is that there's no attention paid to detail, so I feel a bit justified condemning it already.

EDIT: Actually I'm curious though and will look at this every now and then to see where it will go. But that came to my mind when I saw the thread title... And it might be appropriate if the blog is poorly done.

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As I'm sort of new in these circles someone had better fill in some background (which would be ever so kind and gratefully appreciated.)..Notice that this Redlight chappy has added some more to the blog in question.

As I'm sort of new in these circles someone had better fill in some background (which would be ever so kind and gratefully appreciated.)..Notice that this Redlight chappy has added some more to the blog in question.

Redlight appeared in response to the more metaphysical nature that the blogs were heading into. He firmly grounded us by breaking the fourth wall in a very tactful manner, and revealed that his goal was to erase the bloggers who were aware, and actively fighting Slender Man. He's generally portrayed as a smug, genre saavy enigma, and frankly, the more wins he gets, the better.

He appeared first on White Elephants, in response to Greenlight, Robert Sagel's insane persona who felt he had become an otherworldly agent to fight against Slender Man. As he was an unnamed adversary, I christened him Redlight.

I also heavily implied in AHoS that he had experience erasing memories when Zero met him, and then as Remnant I outright said that Redlight was Jay from Anomalous Data.

I'll admit that I actually liked Yggy's character at first. I'm even going to be mentioning him under "Character" in my Slenderblogging for Dummies series. However, he's proved to me that, while he has some good ideas, they're too close to gamejacking and not written quite well enough for me to trust him with this (if this is indeed him).